It is amazing what you can achieve with a little bit of teamwork and choreography!

As a pianist, the way in which I perform is always up for debate. Is he enjoying the piece too much and being flashy? Is he being too conservative? The debate is endless.

Whilst the choreography of how you move is a crucial element to the coordination of which you play and adds a whole new dimension to your technique, many like to add extra theatrics on the side. Most of the time it is rather easy to discriminate the differences between feeling the music and showing off.

Even with that however, the temptations are always lingering.

Below is a great video featuring two pianists who attend Yale(?)I believe. Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Roe, the Anderson & Roe Piano Duet! present a very different approach to how it is you choreograph movements on the piano to not only make it easier in which to play but allow the audience to enjoy the performance as well.

The story line subtended in the video is another attractive feature.

Anderson & Roe Piano Duet play "Blue Danube Fantasy"



In the words of Anderson & Roe:

In composing this work, we sought to emphasize the emotions that hide beneath the surface of the typically restrained Viennese Waltz. Note: the narrative is not a representation of reality. Yes, we're really playing the piano, but no, we didn't actually meet over a lost mitten, and no, we're not actually romantic lovers. :-)

Imagine a world where two piano players meet in a setting of love? too cheeky?

Probably, but the performance was excellent!